Bing Crosby and David Bowie - Peace On Earth / Little Drummer Boy (Preorder 24/10/25)

Bing Crosby and David Bowie - Peace On Earth / Little Drummer Boy (Preorder 24/10/25)

Label: Red Hook Records - 792755872369 - 0792755872369
Format: 12" Picture Disc
Country: UK
Released: 24th Oct 2025
Genre: Pop
Style: Pop

Description
Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy is a Christmas song performed by English singer-songwriter David Bowie and American singer Bing Crosby.
Recorded on September 11, 1977 at ATV Elstree Studios near London for Crosby's television special Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas, the song
features Crosby singing the 1941 standard The Little Drummer Boy while Bowie sings the counterpoint tune Peace on Earth written by the
special's musical supervisors Ian Fraser and Larry Grossman, and scriptwriter Buz Kohan, specifically for the collaboration. The duet was one of
Crosby's final recordings before his death in October 1977.
Following the special's broadcast during the 1977 holiday season, Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy went unavailable for many years. It was
eventually released as a single by RCA Records in November 1982 and was a commercial success, peaking at number three on the UK Singles Chart. It
was Crosby's final popular hit. It became one of the best-selling singles of Bowie's career, with total estimated sales over 400,000 in the UK alone. The
song has since become a Christmas classic in the United States, Canada and United Kingdom and has been referred to by The Washington Post as
one of the most successful duets in Christmas music history.

Tracklist

SIDE A
A1. Peace On Earth / Little Drummer Boy - Bing Crosby, David Bowie

SIDE B
B1. White World of Winter - Bing Crosby